Charlie Rangel got elected to Congress representing a district in upper Manhattan when he ran against the very popular but very crooked Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr who had been exposed in a number of scandals involving bribery and misuse of funds.
Teh voters replaced one crook with another crook.
Rangel saw the same opportunities for bribery, tax evasion and special favors that Adam Clayton Powell embraced, and Rangel took advantage of these opportunities to screw the people of his district and the taxpayers.
The remaining question is whether Rangel will go to prison or at least lose his seat in Congress, as he deserves, or will he somehow slither away under the protection of his Democratic cronies in Congress and in the Justice Dept. and be shielded by protests from the Congressional Black Caucus.
Who knows? Rangel might even be viewed as a hero in his district and get re-elected, as Powell was for many years.
Even though the voters of his district knew he was a crook, the voters were proud that Powell was THEIR CROOK BEATING THE SYSTEM.
Will Charlie Tax Cheat be viewed the same way?
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